2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/imenu.el b/lisp/imenu.el
index 0f47a92734e..c1fd4005ab6 100644
--- a/lisp/imenu.el
+++ b/lisp/imenu.el
@@ -499,7 +499,12 @@ An item looks like (NAME . POSITION)."
   (string-lessp (car item1) (car item2)))
 
 (defun imenu--sort-by-position (item1 item2)
-  (< (cdr item1) (cdr item2)))
+  "Comparison function to sort items depending on their position.
+Return non-nil if and only if ITEM1's position is lower than ITEM2's
+position."
+  (if (listp (cdr item1))
+      (< (cadr item1) (cadr item2))
+    (< (cdr item1) (cdr item2))))
 
 (defun imenu--relative-position (&optional reverse)
   "Support function to calculate relative position in buffer.
diff --git a/test/lisp/imenu-tests.el b/test/lisp/imenu-tests.el
index 480368fcbb6..93090947139 100644
--- a/test/lisp/imenu-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/imenu-tests.el
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ function ABC_D()
 }
 " '("a" "b" "c" "ABC_D"))
 
+(ert-deftest imenu--sort-by-position-pairs ()
+  (should (imenu--sort-by-position '("a" . 2) '("a" . 3)))
+  (should-not (imenu--sort-by-position '("a" . 3) '("a" . 2))))
+
+;; Regression test for bug#26457: 25.2; Cannot pass a function to
+;; imenu-generic-expression
+(ert-deftest imenu--sort-by-position-list ()
+  (should (imenu--sort-by-position '("a" 2 nil) '("a" 3 nil)))
+  (should-not (imenu--sort-by-position '("a" 3 nil) '("a" 2 nil))))
+
 (provide 'imenu-tests)
 
 ;;; imenu-tests.el ends here